[MAC] Dev Team? Idea to contribute
Originally created by @uiop on #9150 (Redmine)
As many users are reporting bugs and issues when using Tails on Macbook
Pros (Retina) etc.
Woudn’t it be a good idea to establish even really small part of the dev
team (I may start it) to contribute on support of Apple architecture
for Tails?
Issues detected while using Macbook Pro (in this case Retina 15" late
2013)
Same issues possible on probably all (new?) Apple architectures.
List of issues while using Mac, feel free to contribute on its items
#01 - overheating (may be due to powered down integrated graphic card
Intel Iris Pro on boot. Only dedicated is used all the time)
#02 - really intense battery drain, dramatically lower battery life
(2-3 hours) due to dedicated GPU all the time
#03 - no HiDPI support
#04 - no HiDPI support in Tor Browser
#05 - impossible to create, upgrade or make bootable drive while
running Tails on Mac. Tried +- 24 times, through terminal, tails
installer. Even if process is succesSfUl, flash drive (output) doesn’t
work.
#06 - errors while checking for upgrades. I can approve this issue.
Tried the same network with different device few days ago > upgrade was
found and installation was succeSsful. On Mac > Error all the time.
#07 - RAM flush never successful. Never.
All of the issues resulting in:
impossible to work on without user’s changes
This topic can be used if desired as centralized way to track progress of supporting Tails on Apple architecture.